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(No Model.) 7 3 Sheets-Sheet 1.

E. GATLIN 817 G. REIN.

FARE REGISTER.

No. 531,020. Patented Dec. 18,1894.

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

E. OATLIN 8: G. REINH FARE REGISTER,

No. 531,020. Patented Dec. 18,1894.

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 8. E. GATLIN & G. REIN- FARB REGISTER. No.531,020. Patented Dec. 18,1894.

7 WITNESSES: NVENTORS Y BY AfTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRON CATLIN AND GUSTAVUS REIN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TOTHE ST. LOUIS REGISTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,020, dated December18, 1894.

Application filed October 24, 1893. Serial No. 439,061. No model.)

To all whom it may 0072 067713 Be it known that we, EPHRON OATLIN, acitizen of the United States, and GUsTAvUs REIN, a subject of the GermanEmperor, both residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Registers, of which thefollo wing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of street IO car registers in whichis employed a step by step revoluble index moving over a fixedregister-dial forming the trip register, together with a permanentregister or set of adding wheels that is or are moved in unison with [5the index of the trip register to preserve the sum of the operations ofthe register while the index may be returned to zero.

The present invention embraces certain improvements upon such registers,which more particularly reside in the means for returning the tripregister to zero; in the means for locking and releasing thepermanentregister during and upon the completion of the return of thetrip register to zero; in the means for changing the position of thedirection-indicator; and also in certain details of construction andcombination of parts fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings which illus- 0 trateapractical embodimentof theinvention:

Figure 1 is a face view of a fare register embodying the improvements, apart of the register-dial being broken away to disclose a portion of theunderlying parts. Fig. 2 is an 5 elevation of the mechanism of theregister underlying the register-dial which has been removed, the wheelsof the permanent register being omitted. Fig. 3 is a vertical crosssection on the line 33, of Fig. 2, showing only a portion of the base orback-plate, with the parts in normal operative position. Fig. 4. is ahorizontal section on the line 4-4, of Fig. 3, showing particularly thelocking device for the permanent register. Fig. 5 is a 5 section similarto Fig. 3, with the parts in a changed position at the time the tripregister gear has been disconnected from the permanent register, and thelatter register locked against movement. Fig. 6 is an end elevation ofthe devices for actuating the register, showing the pawl, pawl-carrier,ratchet, and

bevel pinion. Figs. 7, S, and 9 are enlarged detail elevations partly insection of the parts and portion of the parts shown in Fig. 6,with theaddition of a portion of the bell hammer illustrating the action of thepawl upon the bell hammer. Fig. 10 is a plan view of some of the partsshown in Fig. 7 with the bell hammer and portion of the bell showing howthe head of the bell hammer is held a short distance from the bell aftereach striking movement. Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional detail of thetoothed wheel and anchor-lever for operating the direction-indicator.Figs.

12 and 13 are views of the means for locking and releasing theanchor-lever. Figs. 14 and 15 are sectional elevations of a hold-backpawl in inactive and active positions.

Referring to said drawings, it will be understood that the mechanism ofthe fare reg- 7o ister, considered as a whole, is supported by a baseplate A, surrounded as usual by an inclosing case B. The mechanismembraces a trip-register represented by the rotatable step by stepmovable index hand'ioverlying the register dial D, and a permanentregister E represented by a number of adding wheels (shown in Fig. 1),adapted to preserve the sum of the operations of the trip register.

The dial D is permanently mounted on suitable posts projecting from thebase plate A and is provided with a central perforation for the hub 80of a bevel gear 20, and with openings d, d, one for exposing thenumerals on the wheels of the permanent register E, and the other forone or the other of the indications of a direction indicator H. Thebevel gear 20 is mounted to rotate loosely on a journal formed by acentral post or stud 2i projecting from the base plate A, the inner 93end of the hub 80 resting normally on a shoulder formed integral withthe post 21. As shown in Figs. 3 and 5 the post 21 is a separate piecefirmly and rigidly seated in a boss on the base plate A. To the outerside 5 of the hub 80 of this gear 20 is fixedly secured the index i, itbeing in this instanceinterposed between said hub and the shank c of aprojecting grasping piece 0, screws 0 being tapped into the hub 80 tosecure said [00 grasping-piece, index, and hub together. The shank orhub c of the grasping piece 0, the

bevel gear 20, and the post 21 having a central perforation in which issupported a longitudinally movable rod or stem 43 having at its outerend projecting from the center of the grasping piece 0 a thumb piece orknob e.

Between the inner end of the thumb-piece e and an inner shoulder in thehub c is interposed a helical springfsurrounding the rod or stem 43, bywhich spring the rod 43 is held outward and the grasping-piece c andconnected bevel gear inward and thus permits, as will presently appear,an inward movement of the rod 43, and an outward movement of thegrasping-piece 0 against the pressure of said spring f.

The bevel gear 20 when in its normal position as in Fig. 3, meshes witha bevel pinion 22 that is fixed to a horizontal shaft 25 of the addingwheels of the permanent register E so that the trip register and thepermanent register shall move in unison. The shaft 25 is mounted inbearings in a frame that is rigidly fixed to the base plate A at oneside of the axis of the bevel gear 20. The shaft 25 has also secured toit a ratchet 24: with which engages a pawl of the actuating de vice. Thepawl 23 is connected to a pawlcarrier 26 that is hung loosely on theshaft 25 and has an operating finger 27 projecting through a slot in thebase-plate A which is intended to be engaged by an actuating slide (notshown) that is in turn connected to one or more operating cordsextending through the car to be pulled by the conductor to rock the pawlcarrier 26 and its pawl 23 in one direction against the force of aspring connected to the slide, which spring as soon as the operatingcord is freed by the conductor returns the slide to its normal positionand also rocks the pawl-carrierand pawl back to their startingpositions, completing one registering movement of the connected parts.This slide and the spring is not herein shown, as its construction andoperation are now well known, an example and description thereof beingfound in Letters Patent No. 490,342, granted January 24:, 1893, to LeoEhrlich.

The pawl 23 is formed with a projecting hub to at its pivotal connectionwith the pawlearrier 26, and at its free end with a nose to for coactionwith the bell hammer in a manner to be explained, and said pawl is heldto duty in engagement with the ratchet 24: by a compression spring 3that is held in a socket 2 formed in said pawl-carrier.

Each time the pawl carrier is oscillated or rocked once forward andback, a single step j (see Fig. 1), of the permanent register one janother step and so on.

step and through the bevel pinion 22 and gear 20, the index 2', onestep, thereby registering one fare. Arepetition of the oscillation ofthe pawl-carrier moves the index iand units wheel The units wheel j isfixed to the shaft 25 as in said patent. Any backward movement of theratchet 24: is prevented by a hold-back pawl 10 pivoted 011 a studprojecting from the frame 35 and projecting through an opening 10 in thepawl carrier 26, as seen in Fig. 7, said pawl 10 being held to duty by aspring 10 coiled about its pivot stud.

The bell hammer 55 is mounted on a pivot 56 projecting from thebase-plate A, see Figs. 2 and 10, and is arranged to strike the hell Iupon the forward movement of the pawl-carrier 26, indicated by the arrowin Fig. 7, through the instruinentality of the pawl 23. To this end thebell hammer 55 is formed beyond its pivot with a heel 5 (as seen in Fig.having a flange that provides a notch or step 6, (see Figs. 7, 8, U, and10) which flange is arranged to be borne upon at different times by thenose at of the pawl 23 and by the hub a, of said pawl. lVhen the pawlcarrier 26 is rocked forward as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 7, theend of the pawl 23 in moving past a tooth of the ratchet 2% is rocked orforced outward as indicated in Fig. 8, so that its nose a strikesagainst the flanged heel 5 of the bell hammer 55 thereby rocking saidhammer and carrying its head away from the bell I. As the pawl-carrier26 and pawl 23 continue to move in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 7,the pawl 23 under the force of its spring 3 suddenly vibrates'intoengagement with the tooth of the ratchetso that its nose at leaves theheel 5 of the bell hammer 55 and allows said hammer to likewise suddenlystrike the bell. On the return oscillation of the pawl-carrier 26 andpawl 23 in moving the ratchet 2ione step, the hub a of said pawl bearsagainst the flanged heel 5 of the bell hammer, and said flange beingslightly cam shaped or not concentric with the are of movement of thepivot of the pawl 23, said bell hammer 55 is rocked slightly on itspivot to carry its head away from contact with the bell which it hasjust struck, as is shown in Figs. 2, 7, and 10. The movement of the headof the bell-hammer away from the bell takes place immediately after thebell has been sounded and hence the continued bearing of the hammer uponthe bell does not tend to lessen its vibrations. As the pawl-carrier 26nearly reaches the limit of its forward oscillation, the pawl 23 or itsnose a is arranged to engage or enter the step or notch 6 in the heel 5of the bell hammer 55 and thus prevents a premature backward movement ofthe pawl-carrier at such time, as is seen in Fig. 0. In this position ofthe parts the pawl 23 has not quite engaged with the tooth of theratchet 2t, and is thus obliged to make a slightfurther movement to dropinto the depression of such tooth. As soon as this occurs the nose a ofthe pawl. 23 has been freed from the notch 6 of the bell hammer andhence said pawl is enabled to move back to its original position movingthe ratchet 2% and its connected parts one step forward. By thisconstruction of the bell hammer and its coaction with the operating pawl23, the very important function of preventing a return movement of thepawl before reaching the limit of its stroke is prevented. l-Ieretoforethis guard against the premature return of the pawl has been effected bya toothed edge and detent on the inner side of the false back plate withwhich these registers are usually provided as in said former LettersPatent No. 490,342, but the perfection of its working depended upon theaccuracy with which two independent castings were interlocked, and muchtrouble was found in practice to obtain this accuracy in view of thedifferent degrees of shrinkage of the metal. In the presentconstruction, as the pawl and bell hammer are fitted to and carried bythe same back plate the former difficulty is entirely overcome.

In the course of the use of the register as thus far described thetrip-register wheel 20 is rotated step by step with the index 2 carryingsaid index away from the zero mark on the dial and also carrying anabutment n rigid with said wheel 20 away from the free end of the zerostop it which stop is mounted yielding in one direction only, so as topermit said abutment n in the forward movement of said wheel 20 whenhaving registered one hundred fares or made a complete rotation to passsaid stop without interference, but said zero stop is fixed in the otherdirection so that when the wheel 20 is rotated back to the zero positionits abutment n will strike the end of the zerostop 7t and the wheel beheld against further movement in that direction. To effect this backwardrotation of the wheel 20 and index i, the teeth of the wheel 20 arefirst removed from mesh with the pinion 22 and for this purpose theoperator grasps the hand wheel or grasping piece 0 and pulls itoutwardly against the tension of the springf. In order, however, tofirst lock the permanent register Eagainst niovementw'nile thisdisconnection of the wheel 20 and pinion 22 occurs and to prevent thisdisconnection. until the lock is moved into locking position, the rod 43is pressed inwardly also against the tension of said spring 7, by apressure of the finger upon its thumb-piece c. This inward movement ofthe rod 43 forces a pin 0 (which it carries projecting through a slot 0'in the central post 21) against the inclined upper end of an L- shapedslide 0 forming the look so that said slide is moved outwardly in itsguideway on the base plate against a compression spring 0 so that itsouter end is moved in front of a project-ion or engaged witha recess 0in the pawl-carrier26,seeFigA andthereby securely locking said carrierand its pawl against movement. This locking slide 0 carries afinger orguard 0 that normally overlies a flange or shoulder 0 on the hub 80 ofthe wheel 20 and hence resists any tendency to move the wheel 20 outwardto disconnectit from the pinion 22; but when the locking slide 0 ismoved into locking position this finger 0 is simultaneouslyremovedfromoverthe flangeoflseeFigfi,

and henoereleasesthewheel 20. Inthis moved position of the guard 0 itsend bears against the circumference of the flange 0 and thus preventsthe return of the locking slide 0 until said flange is removed by thereturn of the wheel 20 to normal position. As soon as this wheel 20 isdisconnected from the pinion 22 said wheel is then free to be rotatedbackwardly until stopped by a secondary zero stop a mounted on the levern meeting a projection a on the upper side of the wheel 20; thissecondary stop being provided mainly for another purpose as will bepresently explained.

The direction indicator II is moved to change its indication each timethe trip register wheel 20 is disconnected from the pinion 22, it notbeing dependent for its movement upon the backward rotation of the tripregister to zero position because in some instances no fares may havebeen collected and hence no movement of the register has taken placeduring a trip of the car. The secondary stop a is carried at the end ofthe short arm of a lever N that is pivoted on a stud p projecting fromthe base plate, a coiled spring p tending to rock the lever in thedirection of the arrow in Figs. 2 and 12. The other or longer arm of thelever N is shaped in the form of an anchor lever having palletsp {seeFigs. 2 and 11) in position alternately to engage the teeth of starwheel 19 that is secured to a shaftp carrying at its outer end a disk onwhich are delineated the direction indications. The tendency of thecoiled spring 1) is such that as soon as the wheel 20 is disconnectedfrom the pinion and its projection a raised into alignment with the stopn said wheel 20, assuming said wheel has not been moved during a trip ofthe vehicle is rotated forward slightly by the force exerted by saidsecondary stop n upon the projection of and thus permits said coiledspring to rock the lever N in the direction of the arrow Fig. 2, tothrow the opposite or anchor portion of the lever into the positionshown by dotted lines, Fig. 11. This movement of the lever N has forcedone of its pallets 19 into contact with the star wheel 19 and moved it apartial step in the act of imparting a full step movement to thedirection indicator disk H to change the indication. The slight forwardmovement of the wheel 20 under the action of the spring 13' only occurswhen the projection n is against the stop vi the register not havingbeen operated during a trip; but, should the register have been operatedand the projcc tion a consequently removed, a more or less distance fromthe stop if, said slight forward movement does not occur. The remainingportion of the step movement of the direction indicator is effected bythe return vibration of the lever N brought about by the forcingbackward pressure of the projection. 01 against the stop a to rock saidlever in bringing the wheel 20 exactly to the zero position.

While the wheel 20 is in operative position IOC in mesh with the pinion22 the lever N is held against premature movement by the extreme end ofthe hub of the wheel. 20 being interposed in its path of vibration as inFigs. 3 and 12, preventing any movement of said lever, but when thewheel 20 is moved outwardly out of mesh with the pinion 22 in the act ofreturning it to zero position the hub is moved from itspositionrestraining the lever N, whereupon under the force of itsspringp' it rocks below the end of the hub against the central post 21as in Figs. 5 and 13. When the lever N is rocked back to its originalposition on the return of the wheel 20 to zero, the hub 80 of the wheel20 is again interposed to hold the lever against movement.

Any forward movement of the wheel 20 when in its disconnected positionis prevented bya pawl q, that is pivoted to the outer short arm end ofthe lever N, see Figs. 2, l4, and 15, and borne upon by a compressionspring g. hen the wheel 20 is down in its normal position the pawl q isforced and held downward against the slight tension of its spring q asin Fig. 14, and the teeth of the wheel 20 ride overits bodyportion itsfree end thus not ottering any obstruction to the forward rotation ofthe wheel; but when the wheel is raised as in Fig. 15, into disconnectedposition as before explained, the end of the pawl q moves to its activeposition in engagement with the teeth of said wheel 20 to preventforward rotations.

What is claimed is l. The combination of the permanent register mountedin a fixed position, a trip register normally connected to move inunison with the permanent register, and means for moving the tripregister outwardly on its axis of rotation to disconnect the tworegisters and rotate the trip register to zero, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of the permanent register, a trip register normallyconnected to move in unison with the permanent register, a bearing forthe trip register permitting the outward movement of the trip registerand on which said register rotates, and a grasping piece connected withthe trip register for moving said trip register, and returning it tozero substantially as described.

3. The combination of the permanent register, mounted in a fixedposition, a trip register connected therewith, a grasping piece fordisconnecting the trip register, and a lock acting to lock the permanentregister against movement while disconnected, substantially asdescribed.

4:. The combination of the permanent register, a trip register connectedtherewith, a grasping piece for disconnecting the trip register, a guardpreventing such disconnection, and means for removing said guard,substantially as described.

5. The combination of the permanent register mounted in a fixedposition, an outwardly movable trip register, a grasping piece therefor,a lock acting to lock the permanent register, a push piece mountedwithin said grasping piece to move the look into operative position,substantially as described.

6. In a register, the combination of the actuating pawl, and a steppedor notched piece mounted adjacent said pawl to be free thereof in theforward actuating movement of the pawl and to beengaged thereby andprevent a premature return movement thereof, substantially as described.

7. In a register, the combination of the act uating pawl, and a bellhammer rocked by said pawl and having a stepped or notched. portion inposition to be engaged by the pawl to prevent its premature returnmovement, substantially as described.

8. The combination of the direction indicator anchor lever, carrying astop, the trip register wheel having a projection for contact with saidstop, and means for rotating said wheel to move the lever, substantiallyas described.

9. The combination of the outwardly movable trip register wheel and thepawl q adapted to occupy inactive and active positions with respect tosaid wheel to prevent operative forward movement of said wheel in one ofits moved positions, substantially as described.

10. The combination with thedirection indicator, of an anchor-lever, formoving said indicator, a spring for rocking the lever in one direction,a removable stop restraining the action of the spring, and means forrocking the lever in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

11. The combination with the trip and permanent registers, of means fordisconnecting said registers, a guard normally preventing thedisconnection, and a lock acting to lock one of the registers againstmovement, and means for removing the guard and moving the lock,substantially as described.

12. The combination with the trip and permanent registers and means formoving the trip register into disconnected position, of a guard normallyengaging the trip register and preventing its disconnective movement anda lock acting to lock the permanent register against movement while thetrip register is disconnected, substantially as described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of twowitnesses.

EPIIRON OATLIN. GUSTAVUS REIN. \Vitnesses as to Ephron Catlin:

W M. F. OAsWELL, F. A. FLANDERS. \Vitnesses as to Gustavus Rein:

E. F. WIOKHAM, E. A. TRACY.

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